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Game Preview: MIA @ MIN, 1:05pm, Sunday, March 16, 2014 @Target Field

Marlins, 62-100, 62-100

SP: Kevin Slowey (29, RHP, 3-6, 4.11)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (3-6) 92.0 106 44 42 18 76 12 4.11
2011 (0-8) 59.1 78 44 44 5 34 10 6.67
2010 (13-6) 155.2 172 80 77 29 116 21 4.45
Last 7 GS 0-4 32.1 51 28 27 7 23 9 7.52 37
2013-07-08 ATL ND 5.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 69 61
2013-06-12 MIL L 5.0 9 6 5 0 6 1 68 33
2013-06-02 NYM ND 4.1 6 6 6 2 3 3 79 28
2013-05-28 @TBR ND 5.1 8 4 4 0 4 0 93 40
2013-05-22 PHI L 5.0 6 1 1 0 6 1 69 57
2013-05-17 ARI L 3.0 7 6 6 1 1 3 72 21
2013-05-11 @LAD L 4.2 11 5 5 3 0 1 102 19
Has never faced MIN as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   36-45   Road:   26-55   ExtrInn: 7-13
 vsRHP:  40-71   vsLHP:  22-29   1-Run:  24-35
 vsEast: 29-47   vsCntrl: 9-23   vsWest: 15-19 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   DET  W   1-0       62-100 5th 34.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   DET  W   2-1 (10)  61-100 5th 34.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   DET  W   3-2       60-100 5th 35.0 gb
159 Wed, Sep 25   PHI  W   3-2       59-100 5th 34.5 gb
158 Tue, Sep 24   PHI  L   1-2       58-100 5th 35.5 gb
157 Mon, Sep 23   PHI  W   4-0       58-99  5th 34.5 gb
156 Sun, Sep 22  @WSN  L   4-5       57-99  5th 35.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @WSN  W   4-2       57-98  5th 35.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 20  @WSN  L   0-8       56-98  5th 35.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 19  @WSN  L   2-3       56-97  5th 34.5 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17
Twins, 66-96, 66-96

SP: Ricky Nolasco (30, RHP, 13-11, 3.70)

2013 Gamelogs / 2013 Splits / vs. MIA Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2013 (13-11) 199.1 195 90 82 46 165 17 3.70
2012 (12-13) 191.0 214 100 95 47 125 18 4.48
2011 (10-12) 206.0 244 117 107 44 148 20 4.67
Last 7 GS 4-2 40.2 37 22 19 7 40 1 4.20 54
2013-09-25 @SFG L 5.2 8 6 6 1 7 1 95 35
2013-09-19 @ARI ND 5.0 9 6 6 0 5 0 74 30
2013-09-14 SFG L 1.1 7 7 5 3 0 0 50 13
2013-09-09 ARI W 6.2 3 1 0 1 6 0 100 71
2013-09-03 @COL W 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 85 58
2013-08-28 CHC W 8.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 117 86
2013-08-23 BOS W 8.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 101 84
Has never faced MIA as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   32-49   Road:   34-47   ExtrInn: 9-7 
 vsRHP:  50-75   vsLHP:  16-21   1-Run:  24-25
 vsEast: 10-23   vsCntrl:29-47   vsWest: 19-14 IL: 8-12

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
162 Sun, Sep 29   CLE  L   1-5       66-96  4th 27.0 gb
161 Sat, Sep 28   CLE  L   1-5       66-95  4th 27.0 gb
160 Fri, Sep 27   CLE  L   6-12      66-94  4th 27.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 26   CLE  L   5-6       66-93  4th 27.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 25   DET  L   0-1       66-92  4th 26.5 gb
157 Tue, Sep 24   DET  L   2-4       66-91  4th 25.5 gb
156 Mon, Sep 23   DET  W   4-3 (11)  66-90  4th 24.5 gb
155 Sun, Sep 22  @OAK  L   7-11      65-90  4th 25.5 gb
154 Sat, Sep 21  @OAK  L   1-9       65-89  4th 25.5 gb
153 Fri, Sep 20  @OAK  L   0-11      65-88  4th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 1-9    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 9-21

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Jun 26, 2013 MIA  5  MIN  3        W:Kevin Slowey (3-6), L: Scott Diamond (5-7), S: Steve Cishek (14)
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 MIA  4  MIN  2        W:A.J. Ramos (2-2), L: Kevin Correia (6-5), S: Steve Cishek (13)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 MIA  8 @MIN  5        W:Ricky Nolasco (1-2), L: Mike Pelfrey (2-2), S: Steve Cishek (2)
Tue, Apr 23, 2013 MIN  4  MIA  3        W:Kevin Correia (2-1), L: Jose Fernandez (0-2), S: Glen Perkins (6)

Sun, Jun 24, 2007 MIN  7 @FLA  4        W:Johan Santana (8-6), L: Byung-Hyun Kim (3-4), S: none
Sat, Jun 23, 2007 MIN 11 @FLA  1        W:Carlos Silva (5-8), L: Josh Johnson (0-2), S: none
Fri, Jun 22, 2007 FLA  5  MIN  4        W:Armando Benitez (2-3), L: Juan Rincon (2-1), S: Kevin Gregg (14)
Sun, Jun 09, 2002 FLA  6 @MIN  3        W:Julian Tavarez (4-3), L: Rick Reed (6-3), S: Vladimir Nunez (15)
Sat, Jun 08, 2002 MIN  5  FLA  3        W:Matt Kinney (2-5), L: Kevin Olsen (0-4), S: Eddie Guardado (18)
Fri, Jun 07, 2002 MIN 12  FLA  7        W:Johan Santana (1-0), L: Ryan Dempster (3-6), S: none
Season Series: 2013 - MIA over 3-1; 2012 -  0-0; 2011 -  0-0; All-Time - Tied 5-5

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2013 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst

For the 2012 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

TEX  4.99

MIN  4.33

HOU  3.60

 RA/G

TBR  3.56

LAA  4.31

COL  5.49

 BA

B. Posey  .336

A. Rodriguez  .272

C. Pena  .197

 OBP

J. Mauer  .416

A. Jones  .334

D. Stubbs  .277

 SLG

M. Cabrera  .606

H. Ramirez  .437

J. Weeks  .304

 OPS

M. Cabrera  .999

A. Pagan  .778

J. Weeks  .609

 ERA

C. Kershaw  2.53

T. Cahill  3.78

R. Romero  5.77

 K/9IP

M. Scherzer  11.08

U. Jimenez  7.28

H. Alvarez  3.80

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Marlins Batters (3.17 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.86 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 47.Nolasco
G/S/vB		 61.Burton
G/S/vB		 30.Correia
G/S/vB		 21.Deduno
G/S/vB		 58.Diamond*
G/S/vB		 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB		 50.Fien
G/S/vB		 44.Gibson
G/S/vB		 45.Hughes
G/S/vB		 53.Johnson*
G/S/vB		 37.Pelfrey
G/S/vB		 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 51.Swarzak
G/S/vB		 56.Thielbar*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 49.Worley
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
10.Baker G/S/vP 3/.000 4/.000 12/.584 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.444 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 201/64 .239/.279/.378/.656 .665/.637 .643 / 4/1 4/3
47.Bogusevic* G/S/vP 6/.733 ··· 5/1.100 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 404/335 .203/.297/.299/.596 .436/.630 .643 / 15/4 7/5
19.Brantly* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 113/91 .290/.372/.460/.832 .523/.908 .813 / 1/1 3/2
32.Dietrich* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· / /// / / / /
29.Dobbs* G/S/vP 10/.522 2/.500 8/.929 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/.770 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 342/298 .285/.313/.386/.698 .621/.710 .755 / 4/2 5/11
15.Furcal# G/S/vP 19/.947 3/2.667 18/.583 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.633 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 531/361 .264/.325/.346/.671 .737/.639 .712 / 12/4 5/15
3.Hechavarria G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 9/.555 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 137/88 .254/.280/.365/.645 .590/.677 .673 / 0/0 2/3
46.Jones* G/S/vP 13/.462 2/.500 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.000 515/434 .274/.317/.516/.832 .532/.888 .882 / 2/0 27/9
59.Lucas G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
23.Marisnick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
6.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 4/.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.857 ··· 3/.666 9/.889 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 227/158 .218/.249/.393/.642 .660/.635 .449 / 1/0 8/2
9.McGehee G/S/vP 9/.236 3/.000 17/1.271 ··· 3/.833 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.833 2/.000 ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· 4/.500 352/217 .217/.284/.358/.643 .745/.581 .721 / 1/1 9/3
13.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
39.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP 7/.286 2/1.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/1.100 1/.000 ··· 15/.466 ··· ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 7/.929 448/391 .222/.288/.454/.742 .494/.779 .723 / 0/1 25/7
17.Solano G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 316/207 .295/.342/.375/.717 .683/.736 .831 / 7/0 2/4
27.Stanton G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 11/1.344 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 23/1.460 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.286 501/371 .290/.361/.608/.969 1.024/.950 .977 / 6/2 37/7
21.Yelich* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
IP 191.0 62.0 171.0 79.0 173.0 109.0 35.0 191.1 19.2 70.1 96.2 133.0 TOTAL .231/.293/.335/.627 .663/.614 .624 78/29 95/88
ERA-K/9 4.48/5.9 2.18/8.0 4.21/4.7 4.44/6.5 3.54/4.7 5.12/5.7 2.06/8.2 /0.0 4.23/7.8 /0.0 2.29/5.9 2.56/10.0 /0.0 5.03/5.8 /0.0 /0.0 4.20/7.2 4.55/6.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Brantly (18-4-6)
 Mathis (29-20-6)
 Saltalamacchia (80-18-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 832/.285 245/.186 728/.267 347/.241 714/.274 472/.288 141/.195 / 815/.259 / 85/.300 281/.222 / 413/.284 / / 590/.296 .280  Stanton
 Bogusevic
 Jones
 Baker
 Solano
 Dobbs
0/0/117/6
1/20/104/5
0/0/66/3
5/0/26/0
10/0/0/0
21/0/16/0
OPS .755 .549 .733 .759 .731 .759 .578 .765 .683 .631 .798 .806 .770
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 436/.809 99/.748 349/.735 201/.723 191/.792 178/.678 59/.491 / 422/.610 / 52/.672 106/.488 / 190/.771 / / 298/.847 .779
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 396/.696 146/.421 379/.731 146/.805 523/.709 294/.808 82/.638 / 393/.928 / 33/.697 175/.721 / 223/.821 / / 292/.764 .762
Home 426/.727 133/.603 337/.706 155/.545 385/.708 218/.734 62/.736 / 412/.749 / 57/.679 154/.670 / 193/.740 / / 329/.861
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS 18/14/4 5/6/0 20/7/4 10/8/1 17/15/4 10/5/1 3/3/0 // 35/4/3 // 0/2/1 8/2/3 // 15/1/1 // // 12/5/6 168/73/38
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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2013 season. Player Stats for the 2012 season. We will switch to 2013 stats on May 1st.

Twins Batters (3.79 RS/G) vs. Marlins Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 37.Alvarez
G/S/vB		 26.Caminero
G/S/vB		 22.Capps
G/S/vB		 31.Cishek
G/S/vB		 40.Dunn*
G/S/vB		 36.Dyson
G/S/vB		 24.Eovaldi
G/S/vB		 16.Fernandez
G/S/vB		 35.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 52.Hand*
G/S/vB		 43.Jennings*
G/S/vB		 34.Koehler
G/S/vB		 49.Marmol
G/S/vB		 67.Olmos*
G/S/vB		 44.Ramos
G/S/vB		 33.Turner
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· / /// / / / /
55.Colabello G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
2.Dozier G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 340/260 .234/.271/.332/.603 .775/.547 .636 / 9/2 6/15
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 146/107 .214/.278/.260/.537 .844/.419 .590 / 3/0 0/2
25.Florimon# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 150/98 .219/.272/.307/.579 .619/.558 .554 / 3/1 1/7
26.Fryer G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/4 .250/.400/.250/.650 2.000/.250 .500 / 0/0 0/0
12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 19/13 .056/.105/.056/.161 .000/.237 .667 / 0/0 0/0
32.Hicks# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· / /// / / / /
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 2/2.000 3/.333 ··· 1/4.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 641/419 .319/.416/.446/.861 .754/.918 .878 / 8/4 10/5
27.Parmelee* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 210/151 .229/.290/.380/.671 .681/.667 .576 / 0/0 5/2
43.Pinto G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 2/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 465/323 .235/.301/.455/.756 .911/.691 .847 / 1/3 24/19
1.Presley* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.400 ··· ··· ··· 370/306 .237/.279/.405/.683 .690/.682 .591 / 9/7 10/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 11/.964 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 442/341 .235/.276/.328/.605 .628/.598 .542 / 2/0 6/5
16.Willingham G/S/vP 2/.000 6/1.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 7/.286 ··· ··· ··· 615/427 .260/.366/.524/.890 .920/.877 1.018 / 3/2 35/4
IP 187.1 25.0 63.2 44.0 0.2 119.1 3.2 19.0 13.1 55.1 9.1 55.0 TOTAL .242/.312/.380/.692 .697/.691 .696 52/33 151/81
ERA-K/9 /0.0 4.85/3.8 /0.0 3.96/10.1 2.69/9.6 4.91/9.6 40.50/12.9 4.30/5.9 /0.0 /0.0 17.18/7.3 1.89/3.8 5.40/8.8 3.42/11.7 /0.0 3.86/12.6 4.42/5.9 3.71/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (1-0-1)
 Mauer (56-9-1)
 Suzuki (65-28-6)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 807/.290 / 109/.260 275/.230 208/.283 8/.667 526/.284 / / 23/.353 86/.247 56/.278 247/.200 / 40/.229 231/.236 .251  Willingham
 Presley
 Plouffe
 Parmelee
 Escobar
 Fryer
 Herrmann
119/0/0/6
81/4/8/2
2/0/15/2
1/0/18/1
1/0/0/0
1/0/1/0
2/0/0/0
OPS .812 .667 .663 .806 1.750 .771 1.169 .771 .896 .662 .754 .716 .703
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 448/.885 / 51/.798 133/.787 105/.784 2/2.000 312/.845 / / 5/1.850 45/.788 22/.818 124/.703 / 22/.436 106/.548 .731
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 359/.725 / 58/.552 142/.548 103/.828 6/1.667 214/.665 / / 18/.962 41/.753 34/.941 123/.618 / 18/1.056 125/.853 .679
Road / 382/.823 / 47/.661 128/.659 89/.927 6/2.033 278/.826 / / 23/1.169 41/.773 7/.286 101/.701 / 16/1.346 96/.722
Last 28d days / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
HR/SB/CS // 29/2/0 // 0/8/1 3/3/0 3/2/0 0/1/0 10/4/2 // // 1/2/0 2/1/0 4/0/0 4/6/0 // 2/0/1 9/2/2 121/90/37
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Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.